THANKS IN PART TO ITS PATRONS,

COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THE

PEOPLE, PLACE PLACES AND QUALITY

OF LIFE THAT UNIQUELY DEFINES

CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ITS

SURROUNDINGS AND BY VIEWERS LIKE

YOU, THANK YOU.

♪♪♪♪

>> IT'S GOT A RETRACTABLE GEAR.

AND IT'S GOT FLAPS, RIGHT THERE,

FOR THE LANDING.

>> MY NEXT MOVIE EVERY MOVIE IS

TO DO A PICTURE OF HARRIET

TUBMAN WITH A PISTOL.

>> Terri: FOR WHTJ, I'M TERRI

ALLARD AND THIS IS

"CHARLOTTESVILLE INSIDE-OUT."

♪♪♪♪

>> Terri: OUR GUEST TODAY IS AN

ARTIST AND A CHARLOTTESVILLE

NATIVE, INSPIRED BY A PASSION

FOR HISTORY IN PEOPLE, HE

CREATES A VARIETY OF WORK THAT

CAN BE FOUND IN GALLERIES AND

BUSINESSES AND PRIVATE

COLLECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE

COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.

JOIN US AS WE TALK WITH FRANK

WALKER.

COME ON!

FRANK, TALK ABOUT THE FOCUS OF

YOUR ART OVER THE YEARS AND HE

MEDIUMED YOU REFER TO WORK.

>> ALWAYS HAS BEEN MY IS PENL.

PLAIN OLD PENCIL.

ARTIST TALK IS GRAPHITE.

A NUMBER TWO PENCIL IS GOOD

ENOUGH FOR ME, IT'S WHAT I WAS

COMFORTABLE WITH GROWING UP.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,HE ONES

YOU SEE HERE ON WOOD WERE ALWAYS

DRAWN IN PENCIL AND I ADAMANTLY

BELIEVE IN DRAWING BECAUSE

DRAWING IS THE GATEWAY TO ALL

OTHER THINGS, I THINK ART WISE,

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRAW, IT

HAS THE ABILITY, THE DESIGN, AND

THE IDEAS THAT YOU COME UP AND

WHATEVER MEDIUM YOU WANT TO USE

AFTER THAT, YOU CAN.

>> Terri: EVEN IN THE DIGITAL

AGE, YOU BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE

REALLY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRAW.

>> YES, I'VE GOTTEN CALLS FROM

PEOPLE BEFORE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW

TO DO ANYTHING BUT HOW TO USE A

COMPUTER, SO THEY WOULD SAY,

LISTEN, CAN YOU DRAW THIS

BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIND IT IN CLIP

ART.

>> Terri: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE

BEGINNING, YOU STARTED DRAWING

AS A YOUNG CHILD.

WHAT WAS IT THAT WAS INSPIRING

TO TO DRAW?

COMICS?

>> HONESTLY, SOME PEOPLE DON'T

BELIEVE IT, BUT KINDERGARTEN WE

GOT THESE WORKBOOKS AND SOME

PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER THIS, TOM

AND BETTY WORKBOOKS AND EVEN MY

BROTHER AND I WOULD MIMIC THESE

WORKBOOKS, WE WOULD COPY TOM AND

BETTY, THE DOG, YOU KNOW --

>> Terri: YEAH.

>> -- ON THE WORKBOOK AND I

REMEMBER MY TEACHER SAYING WHEN

WE GOT THE WORKBOOK, DO NOT DRAW

ON THE WORKBOOK AND THAT'S THE

FIRST THING I DID.

[LAUGHTER]

DREW ON THE WORKBOOK AND SO IT

KIND OF WENT FROM THERE AND AS

WE GOT OLDER, COMIC BOOKS WERE A

TREMENDOUS INFLUENCE ON US AND

EVEN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WE

WOULD GO OVER TO BURLEY HIGH

SCHOOL WHERE MY MOTHER WORKED

AND THERE WAS A MAN NAMED

MR. WALDO JOHNSON WHO WAS THE

ART TEACHER WHO WOULD ALWAYS

INFLUENCE US TO BE CREATIVE.

>> Terri: YEAH, THERE WAS A

WOMAN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SHE

HAD AN ART EXHIBIT IN THE

BACKYARD.

AND YOU SOLD YOUR ART.

>> WE DID, MS. FRANCIS BRAND,

CALLED THE PURPLE LADY.

SHE WORE PURPLE EVERYTHING AND

SHE GATHERED US TOGETHER,

MYSELF, JERRY MITCHELL, MY

BROTHER BO, EARL GORDON.

AND WE HAD A BACKYARD ART SHO

WITH CLOTHES PINS AND CLOTHES

PINNED TO THE CLOTHESLINE AND I

THINK MADE $25 OUT OF THAT WHOLE

FIASCO, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN

CONSIDERED A LOT OF MONEY, AND

ALL FOUR OF US WENT INTO THE ART

BUSINESS, TEACHING OR BECOMING

ARTISTS IN SOME FASHION.

>> Terri: AND YOUR FAMILY HAS A

LOT OF HISTORY IN THE COMMUNITY

OF TALK ABOUT YOUR FAMILY.

>> ABSOLUTELY, MY FAMILY, MY

MOTHER'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY IS

FROM HERE.

MY MOTHER WAS A SCHOOL TEAER

FOR MANY YEARS, MY DAD WAS AN

ARCHITECT.

THEY MET AT THE HAMPTON

INSTITUTE.

MY DAD LEFT AND MY MOM RAISED US

AND GRANDFATHER AND THREE

UNCLES.

>> Terri: I'M THINKING ABOUT

WHEN YOU WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND

YOU -- YOU PAINTED A WATERCOLOR

THAT YOU DIDN'T -- YOU DIDN'T

LIKE AND THREW IT AWAY.

>> YES, THIS WAS ACTUALLY IN THE

NINTH GRADE AND THAT WAS THE

ASSIGNMENT WAS TO PAINT A

STILLLIFE, WHICH IS A BUNCH OF

FLOWERS IN THIS POT.

LIKE A OLD TIN CAN, KETCHUP CAN

AND SO I PAINTED THE THING --

AND THOUGHT, THIS IS UGLY.

[LAUGHTER]

THREW IT IN THE TRASH CAN.

AND MY ART TEACHER, MS. HAHN,

DUG IT OUT OF THE TRASH CAN AND

HAD THIS MATTED AND MOUNTED AND

FRAMED AND SENT IT TO THE

VIRGINIA STATE ART SHOW AND IT

WON FIRST PLACE.

>> Terri: THAT'S FUNNY.

WHAT A GREAT LESSON TO LEARN.

>> OH, IT WAS FANTASTIC.

>> Terri: AND THEN YOU HEADED

OFF TO VCU.

>> I STUDIED PAINTING AND PRINT

MAKING AND MY INTENTION WAS TO

REALLY BECOME A BUM AND

VAGABOND.

I WANTED TO PAINT AND DRAW FOR

THE REST OF MY LIFE.

>> Terri: YEAH.

>> FROM THERE, WENT IN THE ARMY

AND COULDN'T GET AN ART JOB,

EVEN THOUGH I HAD A BACKGROUND

IN IT.

AND I HAD BRAWN U DRAWN ALL OF

THESE PICTURES OF GUNS AND

THINGS LIKE THAT, SHOOTING GUNS

AND PUT -- TAPE THEM ON THE WALL

WHERE I WAS WORKING AND SO A

CORRESPOND NEXT CAME THROUGH AND

ASKED -- A CORNELL CAME THROUGH

AND -- A COLONEL CAME THROUGH

AND ASKED IN I WANTED A JOB AND

THE NEXT THING WE WERE ON

HELICOPTERS TO HEADQUARTERS

LEARNING HOW TO DO GRAPHICS AND

THAT LED TO WORK DOING MILITARY

MANUALS AND CHARTS AND GRAPHS

FOR ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS AND

DESIGNED A SYMBOL.

>> Terri: YOU WERE BACK DOING

DETAILED DRAWINGS OF THE HUMAN

BODY.

EXPLAIN THAT.

>> IN SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATIONS,

IT'S CALLED MACRO ILLUSTRATIONS,

I'M NOT A CERTIFIED MEDICAL

ILLUSTRATOR BUT I WAS TALENTED

ENOUGH TO KNOW -- THE HUMAN BODY

IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE FOR THE

NEXT --

>> Terri: AND ALSO, YOU ARE

REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT HISTORY

AND DONE THAT FORM DECADES.

>> SINCE CHILDHOOD, I'VE ALWAYS

BEEN FASCINATED BY THAT, AND I

HAD MY.

>> IN WORLD WAR II AND BECAME

HISTORY IN THE HISTORY OF WORLD

WAR II, PROBABLY ONE OF MY

FAVORITE PARTS.

>> Terri: AND HISTORY INFLUENCES

TO THIS DAY WHAT YOU DO WITH

YOUR ART.

TALK ABOUT THAT.

>> IT DOES.

I'VE DONE SHOWS OF PEOPLE FROM

JEFFERSON SCHOOL WHO SERVED IN

THE MILITARY AND I HAD PICTURES

OF THEM WHEN THEY WERE VERY

YOUNG AND PEOPLE COME AND STARE

AT THEM ALL THE TIME, WHO IS

THAT.

AND PEOPLE LOOK MUCH DIFFERENT

AT 18 THAN THEY DO WHEN THEY'RE

OLDER BUT THEY'RE PEOPLE THAT WE

DON'T REALIZE, USED TO DRIVE THE

RED BALL EXPRESS AND PEOPLE

DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

A TRUCKING OUTFIT, A

PREDOMINANTLY BLACK TRUCKING

SUPPLY UNIT.

THEY WENT IN ON V DAY AND WENT

TO THE FLYERS IN THE BATTLE OF

THE BULGE AND REALIZES THAT A

ARMY MOVES ON ITS STOMACH, HAS

TO HAVE FOOD AND AMMUNITION.

AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO GET

THE GASOLINE TO WHERE IT HAD TO

BE.

>> Terri: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE

DIFFERENT EXHIBITS YOU'VE HAD

OVER THE YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A

LOT OF WORK WITH PORTRAITS.

>> I ATORE DOING PEOPLE AND THE

STRANGE -- I ADORE DOING PEOPLE.

THE STRANGE PART, THE MORE I

KNOW THE PERSON, IT TURNS OUT

BETTER.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE CHARACTER.

I HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR

PORTRAITS HANGING IN THE

UNIVERSITY AND TWO FOR THE CITY

AND PROBABLY WOULD RANGE IN THE

THOUSANDS OF PORTRAITS I'VE DONE

AND SOME I'VE GIVEN AWAY.

>> Terri: AND YOU HAD A EXHIBIT

AT THE JEFFERSON SCHOOL.

TALK ABOUT THAT.

>> YES, I CALL IT THINGS LIKE

BUFFOONISM, USED TO TAKE AFRICAN

AMERICANS AND MAKE

ADVERTISEMENTS OR COMMERCIALS

AND CHEATING AT CAR, THE TWO

CHARACTERS AT THE END AND SEE A

MAN PASSING A CARD, THERE'S

ANOTHER MAN IN THE MIDDLE, AND

BUILT A TABLE OUT OF STAIRWELL

BANNISTERS AND A PIECE OF WOOD

AND SMALL CARDS AND PLAY MONEY

AND PUT THAT IN THE PIECE.

THE PLAYING CARDS.

>> Terri: SUCH A VARIETY OF ART,

I MEAN YOU -- YOU HAVE ART THAT

YOU PAINT ON PAPER BAGS?

>> YES.

>> Terri: YOU HAVE ART THAT YOU

JUST -- THAT YOU SKETCH, TALK

ABOUT THE PIECE BEHIND YOU.

>> I DREW THIS FACON THAT

PIECE OF GRAY BOARD AND THERE'S

SOMETHING MISSING IN IT.

IN TERMS OF READING ABOUT

AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE BEING

THROW AWAY PEOPLE, JUST BALL

THEM UP IN A PIECE OF PAPER AND

THROW THEM AWAY.

SO MANY THINGS HAVE HAPPENED TO

PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY TO FEMALES

HAVE JUST BEEN MISREPRESENTED

AND MISTREATED SO I TOOK THIS

HANDKERCHIEF AND PLACED IT ON A

BOARD AND WET IT AND CRUMP

TRUMPELED IT UP SO -- AND

CRUMPLED IT UP SOD IT WRINKLES

IN IT.

>> Terri: YOU'RE INSPIRED BY

HISTORY AND WHAT YOU READ AND

THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU, WHAT IS

YOUR PROCESS, I MEAN, DO YOU --

DO YOU PAINT OR DRAW EVERY DAY?

>> EVERY DAY.

>> Terri: EVERY DAY.

>> I DON'T THINK THERE'S A DAY

THAT GOES BY THAT I DON'T DO

SOMETHING.

YOU KNOW, PRACTICE, PRACTICE,

PRACTICE, DON'T DO ANYTHING WELL

UNLESS YOU PRACTICE.

YOU HAVE TO PRACTICE IT.

WHATEVER YOUR PASSION IS, YOU

PRACTICE IT.

>> Terri: WHAT ARE YOU

PRACTICING ON NOW?

WHERE ARE YOU HEADING NOW.

I SAW A RECENT SELF-PORTRAIT.

>> I DID -- BECAUSE I SOLD MY

OTHER ONE --

[LAUGHTER]

-- I HAD TO DO ANOTHER ONE.

LIKE GOING FULL CIRCLE.

NOW, I'M INTO THE MODE WHERE

THIS IS WHAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED

TO DO AS A CHILD, BECAUSE HERE I

AM, THAT'S ALL I DO, IS ARTWORK.

>> Terri: YEAH.

>> SO NOW, THIS IS MY TIME.

SO I THINK FOREVER AND THE DAY

YOU' ALWAYS BE AN APPRENTICE,

SOMETHING THAT YOU LEARN EVERY

DAY.

EVERYONE YOU MEET, IN LIFE IS A

TEACHER.

YOU LEARN SOMETHING FROM

SOMEONE, GOOD, BAD OR

INDIFFERENT.

AND THAT'S THE REASON I DRAW ALL

THE TIME.

I CONSIDER IT WORK, BUT VERY

ENJOYABLE.

I DON'T KNOW OF MANY PEOPLE WHO

SIT DOWN AT WHAT THEY DO AND

TOTALLY ENJOY IT.

YOU CREATE THINGS.

I DO -- ARTISTS AND INCLUDING

MYSELF AND ALL CREATIVE PEOPLE

LOOK AT THINGS IN A ACTIVE

DIMENSION.

WE'RE NOT CRAZY, EVERYBODY ELSE

IS CRAZY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SEE

WHAT WE SEE.

>> Terri: SO SEEING WHAT YOU

SEE, WHERE HAVE PEOPLE SEEN YOUR

ART.

WHERE DO AT THE THEY FIND IT AND

HOW AWAY IS YOUR ART.

>> SOME OF IT IS ON FACEBOOK.

SOUTH DAKOTA, CALIFORNIA,

GEORGIA, MISSISSIPPI, LOUISIANA.

>> Terri: AND YOU'VE BEEN AT

McGUFFEY AND -- JEFFERSON

CITY.

THE HAROLD GALLERY.

>> MAKING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN

LOOK VERY STRONG, MY MOTHER WAS

A VERY STRONG WOMAN, SHE RAISED

TWO SON, SHE HAD TO BE.

AS WE WENT ON IF LIFE, GOING OUR

DIFFERENT WAYS IT WAS A MATTER

OF I THINK DISCIPLINE, THAT WAS

GIVEN TO US BY HER.

>> Terri: AND NOW IT'S YOUR JOB

TO CREATE ART.

>> TO CREATE ART.

AND ON WEDNESDAY, STILL TAKE THE

TRASH OUT.

[LAUGHTER]

>> Terri: FRANK, THANK YOU SO

MUCH FOR JOINING US, I CAN'T

WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO NEXT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

♪♪♪♪

>> ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE

AIRPLANE.

>> Terri: OK.

>> YOU NEVER WANT TO LET IT GET

BEHIND US,.

>> Terri: OK.

>> JOE WILL TAKE OVER IF WE GET

IT THAT WAY.

BUT THAT'S A BIG NO-NO.

SPINNING PROPELLERS CAN DO A LOT

OF DAMAGE.

>> Terri: TODAY WE'RE GOING TO

EXPLORE A HOBBY THAT'S NOT ONLY

FUN BUT ALSO TEACHES US ABOUT

AERODYNAMICS AND WIND AND

WEATHER AND ELECTRONICS AND

ROBOTS AND MORE.

JOIN US AS WE VISIT THE RIVANNA

RADIO CONTROL CLUB.

COME ON!

>> WE WANT TO BE ENTERTAINED.

>> Terri: WHO CAN JOIN THE CLUB.

>> I DIDN'TANYONE WHO IS WILLING TO

FOLLOW THE RULES AND BE SAFE

LIKE YOU DID TODAY.

>> Terri: TALK ABOUT THE RESUMES

IN FLYING.

>> WE DON'T WANT TO HURT ANYONE.

>> Terri: NO.

>> AND WE'RE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT,

AND YOU'RE AWARE OF ALL KINDS OF

THINGS GOING ON AROUND THE

WORLD, PEOPLE FLYING MODELS IN

PLACES THEY SHOULDN'T.

THAT'S NOT US.

>> Terri: NO.

>> WE HAVE A STERN AND COMPLETE

SET OF RULES NATIONALLY WITH THE

ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS AND

CLUB MEMBERS AS WELL.

GOVERNS SAFETY AND SOUND

EEMOTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

NOT ALLOWED TO FLY OVER PEOPLE

OR MORE THAN A CERTAIN DISTANCE

OR OUT OF SIGHT.

WE'RE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT, WE

HAVE PARTNER PATTERNS WE FLY SO

YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK IN THE

SKY AND CHECK PEOPLE OUT.

>> Terri: YOU FLY AT MILTON

FIELD.

TALK ABOUT THAT.

>> IT'S A TREASURE, PART OF

JEFFERSON'S PLANTATION, AT

MONTICELLO, DID WONDERFUL

EXPERIMENTS IN WATER-POWERED

SAWMILLS ON THE PROPERTY.

IT WAS USED AS A FARM, ALL THE

WAY UNTIL 1939.

THE UNIVERSITY O VIRGINIA

BOUGHT IT AND STARTED A FLYING

SCHOOL.

WHICH WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE NAVY

AND ARMY AND DID A LOT OF

TRAINING FOR PILOTS FOR WORLD

WAR II THERE.

AND I FLEW FULL SIZE THERE UNTIL

'69.

>> Terri: WOW.

>> AND THE MODEL CLUB HAS

MAINTAINED AND THE UNIVERSITY

STILL OWNS IT AND THEY'RE VERY

COOPERATIVE AND WE HAVE A GOOD

RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.

WE ACTUALLY HELP SOMETIMES WHEN

THEY HAVE PEOPLE THERE, THEY USE

IT FOR AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

AND SAULK II TREATY.

OUT THERE.

ALL KINDS OF THINGS GO ON, MORE

AND MORE, THE UNIVERSITY-RELATED

THINGS, IT'S A GREAT

RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE

UNIVERSITY AT THIS POINT.

>> WE'RE HERE TODAY WITH THE

PLANE CLUB AT UVA TO OBSERVE THE

PLANES, GETTING TIPS ON

CONSTRUCTING OUR OWN PLANE AND

GET OUR MEMBERS EXPOSED TO HOW

TO FLY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE

DON'T HAVE A PILOT.

>> HOPEFULLY, IT TURNS OUT

BETTER THAN LAST YEAR, WE ENDED

IF A CRASH.

>> YEAH, LAST YEAR WE DID

PRESSURE PLANE RIGHT BEFORE

COMPETITION SO WE DIDN'T GET TO

GO, SO IT'S A REDEMPTION YEAR

FOR US.

>> CONTROL AND FOCUS IS THE MOST

IMPORTANT PART OF FLYING.

I LOST MY FIRST APPRENTICE, LOST

CONTROL AND IT FLEW OFF OUT OF

SIGHT AND NEVER TO BE SEEN

AGAIN.

>> ACTUALLY, I'VE NEVER FLOWN A

PLANE, IT WAS A DIFFICULT SKILL

FOR ME TO LEARN, SO I ENDED UP

GOING THE DRONE ROUTE BECAUSE

IT'S EASIER FOR ME TO FLY AND MY

SON IS THE AIRPLANE PILOT, I LET

HIM DO THAT.

>> Terri: TELL ME ABOUT THE

BENEFITS.

>> IT'S WHAT I DO TO HAVE A

BALANCE IN LIFE.

SO I CAN BE TOGETHER WITH

FRIENDS, WITH THE COMMON IDEA OF

THINGS WE ENJOY AND BE OUT U

OUTSIDE, HAVE THE USE OF MILTON

FIELD.

WE TEACH EASTERN E EACH OTHER

AND LEARN THINGS.

>> Terri: THE YOUNGEST CLUB

MEMBER IS ABOUT HOW OLD.

12 OR 14?

>> PROBABLY 12.

>> Terri: THE OLDEST IS PROBABLY

HOW OLD?

>> WE HAVE SEVERAL IN THEIR

90s, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY

ACTIVE BUT THEY STILL ON THE

ROAD.

IT'S A GREAT RETIREMENT HOBBY

AND GIVES YOU A WAY TO GET

OUTSIDE WITH A BUNCH OF FRIENDS.

>> Terri: YEAH.

>> ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE

AIRPLANES FLY IS HOW THE WORLD

WORKS.

>> Terri: WHAT'S GREAT, YOU

DON'T HAVE TO KNOW ANY OF THIS

TO BECOME A MEMBER.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO

FLY.

YOU ALL TEACH MEMBERS HOW TO

FLY.

>> WE'LL PROVIDE A INSTRUCTOR, A

TRAINING AIRCRAFT, THERE'S NO

COST TO THAT, AND YOU MUST JOIN

THE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS

BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE OUR

UMBRELLA INSURANCE COMES FROM

AND EVENTUALLY MUST JOIN THE

CLUB, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO

THAT IN ORDER TO GO OUT AND FLY,

AS YOU FOUND OUT OUT THIS

MORNING, THESE PLANES YOU SEE

HERE ARE UNUSUAL, YOU DON'T HAVE

TO -- YOU CAN GET INTO IT AS

DEEPLY AS YOU WANT AND BUY A

PLANE OFF THE SHELF LIKE THIS

ONE.

>> Terri: RIGHT.

>> AND FLY IT, YOU KNOW, AS SOON

AS YOU CHARGE THE BATTERY OR

SPEND QUITE A BIT OF TIME LIKE I

DO OVER HERE, WHICH IS TO ACTUAL

DESIGN PLANES AND MAKE THE

ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND BUILD

DIRECTLY ON IT.

>> Terri: AND WHAT ABOUT THE

WEATHER?

SEEMS LIKE PERFECT WEATHER TO

ME.

>> VERY LITTLE WIND, THE WIND

SOCK IS HANGING, THE FLIGHT

DIRECTION THAT WE LIKE, CLEAR

SKY.

>> Terri: AND INSTEAD OF JUST

THE CONTROLLER, YOU ACTUALLY

HAVE A PHYSICAL OBJECT THAT YOU

NOT ONLY NEED TO LEARN HOW TO

CAREFULLY USE BUT TAKE CARE OF.

AND REALLY JUST MAKE SURE THAT

YOU KNOW HOW TO OPERATE IT

CAREFULLY.

>> IF YOU'RE GOING ON A HIKE,

STANDING AT THE EDGE OF A CLIFF

AND LOOKING INTO THE VALLEY, YOU

CAN BE TAKE A DROP AND FLY IT

OUT IN FRONT OFOU AND YOU GET

AN VIEW OF YOU STANDING ON THE

EDGE THE CLIFF THAT YOU COULD

NEVER GET OTHERWISE, IT'S PRETTY

COOL.

>> IT'S THE BEST EXPERIENCE HERE

THAT.

FLYING A PLANE, SORT OF MY FIRST

TIME.

WAS JUST FUN BEING IN THE AIR,

IT WAS AMAZING TODAY.

>> Terri: ASIDE FROM A PLANE,

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO FLY.

>> I SEE WHAT YOU'RE.

[SPEAKING SIMULTANEOUSLY]

ING ABOUT.

A RADIO SYSTEM, THEY CAN BE

FANCY OR SIMPLE, BUT I HAVE

RADIO SYSTEMS HERE THAT PROBABLY

COST 30-SOME BUCKS.

>> Terri: AND RUN ON BATTERIES.

>> THEY DO.

>> Terri: OK.

>> THIS IS A VERY RECENT

INNOVATION AND THIS ONE IS

CAPABLE OF FLYING 250 PLANES.

>> Terri: AND IT WILL PLAY

MUSIC.

YOU CAN PROGRAM --

>> IT WILL.

[LAUGHTER]

WHEN YOU WANT TO DO THAT OR NOT.

>> Terri: IT WILL PLAY THE

EAGLES.

[LAUGHTER]

>> OR ANYTHING YOU WANT IT TO.

I CAN DEMONSTRATE IF YOU --

>> Terri: OH, THAT WOULD BE

GREAT.

>> THIS IS A FAIREY FULMAR.

1940, THE FUSELAGE IS COMPLETELY

SCALED AND BANK RIGHT AND BANK

LEFT.

I GUESS NOSE UP AND THOSE DOWN

AND THE RUDDER WHICH IS TO

CONTRACT ADVERSE YAWL AND THESE

ARE EXACTLY HOW FULL SIZED PLANE

FLIES.

IT'S A REAL PLAIN JUST DOESN'T A

PERSON IN IT.

>> Terri: OH, MY GOODNESS.

>> I'M GOING TO TURN THAT OFF.

>> Terri: SO YOU'VE BEEN

FASCINATED WITH PLANES --

[LAUGHTER]

-- SINCE YOU WERE YOUNG AND SO

YOU -- JUST TELL US QUICKLY

ABOUT A HANDFUL OF THE PLANES

THAT YOU'VE DESIGNED FROM

SCRATCH.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, WHAT IS

THIS?

>> THIS IS A CARIBOU, A PLANE

ORDERED BY THE U.S. ARMY, AND

THE HAVILAND IN CANADA.

>> Terri: RIGHT, AND YOU HAVE

ANOTHER ONE, ALMOST LIKE A

MUSEUM PIECE.

DESCRIBE THAT.

>> THAT'S A SE-5S.

THE FIGHTER FOR THE R AF AT THE

END OF THE WWI.

ONE OF MY BEST EFFORTS.

>> Terri: YOU HAVE ANOTHER PLANE

THAT'S A DUPLICATE THAT YOU USED

TO OWN AND FLY.

>> I HAVE A NUMBER OF THOSE,

THIRD SCALE IN THE OTHER ROOM,

'S A J3 CUB.

ONE-THIRD SCALE IN MILTON FIELD

BACK IN E DAY.

KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE AIRPLANE.

IF YOU SEE THE NOSE DROPPING AND

GOING DOWN, PULL THE NOSE BACK

UP.

>> Terri: PULL IT BACK.

>> PULL AND PUSH.

IF YOU WANT TO TURN TO THE LEFT,

MOVE THE STICK TO THE LEFT A

LITTLE BIT.

>> Terri: OK.

>> IF YOU HOLD IT TO THE LEFT

LONG ENOUGH IT WILL KEEP ROLLING

AND ROLLING, SO WHEN IT'S ROLLED

ENOUGH, MAKING A GENTLE TURN,

LET IT COME BACK.

>> I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR PEOPLE

YOUNG AND OLD TO COME OUT AND

LEARN AND SHOW OFF A LITTLE BIT.

>> BEING ABLE TO FLY AND ALL OF

THE SPACE IN THE AIR IS KIND OF

FREEING.

>> OUR PLANE IS LIKE A 14-FOOT

WINGSPAN, TRYING TO CARRY ABOUT

50-POUNDS OF PAY LOAD, IT'S

INTERESTING THAT YOU CAN GERM

PLANES AND GET 50-POUNDS OF

WEIGHT TO KIND OF SOAR THROUGH

THE SKY ANDOVE IN THE

AERODYNAMICS.

>> WEE BUILDING A PLANE FOR THE

FRIEND AND THIS WAS THE MOTORS

THAT CAME OFF IT.

NEVER BEEN FLOWN, BUT THIS IS AN

INTERNAL COMBUSTION MOTOR, ONE

OF THOSE LOUD THING THAT PEOPLE

COMPLAIN ABOUT.

BUT IT'S A HOBBY.

>> Terri: RIGHT.

>> BUT 90-INCH WINGSPAN, IT'S A

CUB, I'M REMOVING THISND

REPLACING IT WITH THIS.

THAT IS THE EQUIVALENT POWER,

BUT IT'S CAN -- OTHER THAN A

LITTLE SOUND OF THE PROPELLER

GOING THROUGH THE AIR, ALMOST

ENTIRELY SILENT.

RIGHT, ELECTRIC AND THIS WHERE A

LOT OF RADIO-CONTROLLED CLUB

MEMBERS ARE GOING THESE DAYS,

RIGHT?

>> 95% OR MORE OF OUR FLIGHTS

HAVE BEEN WITH THE ELECTRIC.

BUT BASICALLY I BROUGHT TO THIS

CLUB 14 YEARS AGO.

>> Terri: WOW!

>> I WORKED WITH ELECTRIC

FLIGHTS IN RETIREMENT WITH A

COMPANY.

TO DEVELOP THIS KIND OF THING.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE ALL OF THIS

STUFF CAME FROM.

>> Terri: AND EVERY YEAR IN IT

THE FALL, YOU ALL HAVE AN ANNUAL

EVENT.

>> THE DON REED.

>> Terri: YEAH, AND MEMBERS

COME, MEMBERS FROM OTHER CLUBS

COME.

>> NEIGHBORS COME.

>> Terri: THE COMMUNITY COMES.

DESCRIBE THAT SCENE AND DESCRIBE -- THERE'S A VARIETY OF

PLANES YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE

SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND THEN

HAVE THESE LITTLE TINY BASIC

PLANES.

>> ABSOLUTELY, YOU'LL SEE THE

MULTILEVERS AND HELICOPTERS

FLYING AND YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF

FIXED WING.

YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT'S

A NICE EVENT.

NICE OUTING FOR PEOPLE AND, OF

COURSE, ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY

IS WELCOME TO COME.

>> Terri: THAT'S GREAT.

HEYWARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

>> Terri: YOU MAY NOT --

>> YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE FUN OR

THE EXPERIENCE BUT YOU CAN GET

THESE LITTLE MODELS AND TAKE TO

THE SKIES AND I THINK IT'S

REALLY ENTERTAINING.

>> IT JUST FEELS AMAZING

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE

LOOKING UP AND YOU'RE STANDING

IN WEATHER AND IT'S REALLY NICE

OUT TODAY.

IT'S FUN FLYING A PLANE.

>> OH, OH!

COME BACK DOWN.

>> WHERE'S IT GOING?

>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING.

>> I'M GOING IN CIRCLES.

>> Terri: THIS IS VERY LIKE ME.

HEY, HEY, I'M DOING FLIPS.

I'M GOING TO NEED RAY LITTLE

MORE TIME WITH THIS.

>> THAT WAS PERFECT.

>> Terri: REALLY, YOU LIKE THOSE

FLIPS?

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>> Terri: THAT'S IT FOR THIS

WEEK, FOR WHTJ, I'M TERRI

ALLARD.

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